Audio edition: The State of Nature, Weekly Update #17

Here is the audio edition of yesterday’s State of Nature Update. Listen to hear about:

* Australian bat hospital cares for rare ‘flying foxes’ - and don’t forget to check out the Vox article to see photos of baby flying foxes getting a bubble bath!

* Gray wolf reaches Los Angeles County for the first time in 100 years

* Decoding whale communication with AI

* Bonobos can play make-believe like children

* Wildlife with weaker social connections may face greater risk of extinction

* No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ - why are so many still called that?

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